- "This world is alive. Every part of it. From stones to skies. Be wary. As I said—it will defend itself."
- ―Marchion Ro
Planet X[4] was a planet located in Wild Space[1] on the edge of the Galactic Frontier[5] that was home to creatures known as the Nameless who preyed on Force-sensitives. Every part of the planet was in some way alive, including its geology and atmosphere, and it was known to defend itself. The planet had a dangerous and tempestuous atmospheric layer[2] known as the Veil[3] that could only be passed through after many lives were lost or sacrificed in it.[2] Around 400 BBY, rumors persisted of the planet's existence.[5]
Around 382 BBY,[6] Radicaz "Sunshine" Dobbs traveled to the planet with hyperspace prospectors Spence Leffbruk and Dass Leffbruk. While flying through the atmosphere of the planet, Spence and Dass' ship was damaged. Dobbs agreed to help them off the planet for half the reward of discovering the planet. Instead, Sunshine abandoned them on the planet Gloam.[7] Sometime later Graf clan scion Sky Graf and Dass Leffbruk sought to find the planet, and intended to traveled there with Jedi Padawan Rooper Nitani. The three were forced to abandon their attempt when Nitani was called to Dalna by her Jedi Master Silandra Sho.[4] Around the same time, Marda Ro accompanied other members of the Path of the Open Hand to find more of the Nameless to use against the Jedi Order.[3]
Sometime between 231 BBY and 230 BBY,[8] Eye of the Nihil Marchion Ro and a group of Nihil devotees called the She'ar visited the planet to retrieve members of the Nameless. After sacrificing members of the group to the planet's atmospheric veil, Ro was able to pass through it safely and landed on the planet in the Cloudship Ikoru. Then Ro activated an ancient control rod to summon the Nameless, but in doing so caused all of the planet's creatures to attack him and his group. However, Ro managed to secure several of the creatures and departed the planet with them in the Ikoru.[2]
Behind the scenes[]
Planet X was created for the Star Wars: The High Republic multimedia initiative and first appeared in the second issue of the 2022 comic series Star Wars: The High Republic: Eye of the Storm by Charles Soule.
Appearances[]
- The High Republic: Quest for the Hidden City (Indirect mention only)
- The High Republic: Quest for the Hidden City audiobook (Indirect mention only)
- The High Republic: Path of Deceit (Indirect mention only)
- The High Republic: Path of Deceit audiobook (Indirect mention only)
- The High Republic: Path of Vengeance
- The High Republic: Path of Vengeance audiobook
- The High Republic: Quest for Planet X (Mentioned only)
- The High Republic: Quest for Planet X audiobook (Mentioned only)
- "A Closed Fist Has No Claws" — The High Republic: Tales of Light and Life (Indirect mention only)
- The High Republic: Eye of the Storm 2 (First appearance) (In flashback(s))
- The High Republic: Shadows of Starlight 1 (Indirect mention only)
- The High Republic: Escape from Valo (Mentioned only)
- The High Republic: Defy the Storm (Indirect mention only)
- The High Republic: Defy the Storm audiobook (Indirect mention only)
- The High Republic: Temptation of the Force (Indirect mention only)
Sources[]
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The High Republic: Path of Deceit
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 The High Republic: Eye of the Storm 2
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 The High Republic: Path of Vengeance
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 The High Republic: Quest for Planet X
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Star Wars: Timelines
- ↑
Star Wars: The High Republic Chronological Reader's Guide on StarWars.com (backup link) establishes that Phase II media of Star Wars: The High Republic chronologically begins with the novel The High Republic: Quest for the Hidden City. As Star Wars: The High Republic Character Encyclopedia dates the events of Quest for the Hidden City and the end of Phase II to 382 BBY, Phase II titles of The High Republic must be set in that year.
- ↑ The High Republic: Quest for the Hidden City
- ↑ The events of the flashback featuring Planet X in The High Republic: Eye of the Storm 2 take place between the Battle of Grizal and the Destruction of Starlight Beacon, which are dated to 231 BBY and 230 BBY by Star Wars: Timelines.